So no Dahlen

[SpikeDDS]

Wings end up with the 6th pick. No Dahlen. No Svechnikov.

 

No surprise.

[yave1964]

On ‎4‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 10:11 PM, SpikeDDS said:

Wings end up with the 6th pick. No Dahlen. No Svechnikov.

 

No surprise.

Sigh.

 

  I just hope we draft for need, lots of good solid d-men of assorted skill available this year Bouchard if there is my choice but as long as we go defense I am okay.

[SpikeDDS]

6 hours ago, yave1964 said:

Sigh.

 

  I just hope we draft for need, lots of good solid d-men of assorted skill available this year Bouchard if there is my choice but as long as we go defense I am okay.

 

Truthfully, I really feel like we needed the D-man pick anyway. I'm somewhat glad--not YEAH!, but resignedly--we didn't pick second. We need talented D-men FAR more than we need Svechnikov IMHO. By picking 6th, there shouldn't be ANY confusion about the direction of our pick. If Bouchard is available, that would be a pick that few would criticize.

 

If we build a solid D-core using talent from several drafts, it will be far easier to complete our team by picking up star offensive talent from FA than if we had star talent up front and were trying to acquire start D-man talent from the FA market later. The latter almost never happens, and when it does, the costs are prohibitive except for short-term rentals. There is a far more competitive, open FA market for forwards. If I'm building this team, I'm focusing on building where we (almost) can't build via FA acquisition.

 

P.S. I'm not sighing today, because I didn't let myself get caught up emotionally over the Dahlen possibility. Nor will I let myself get frustrated if we don't win next year. As long as I see the team being led in a positive direction, where we are filling team needs with talent, I'll be content. Not happy, but content.